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The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.

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  1. n. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.
  2. n. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred.
  3. n. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.
  4. n. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
  5. n. a speech seconding a motion
  6. n. formal and explicit approval
  7. n. a signature that validates something
  8. n. the act of endorsing
  9. 1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument. 2. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred. Story. Byles. Burrill. 3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct. Blank indorsement. See under Blank.
  10. The person who indorses. [Written also endorser.]
  11. n a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) n a speech seconding a motion n formal and explicit approval n a signature that validates something n the act of endorsing